As stated before on this site, I am a HUGE fan of the original 1959 Twilight Zone. Released a decade after the death of Rod Serling, how could they pull it off? Twilight Zone: the movie from 1983 was a notorious disappointment for most fans. Would this series give us the Twilight Zone for the next generation we were waiting for? Well,This series from the 1980s tried its best to recapture the sense of the fantastic from the original, with mixed results. I was 4 years old when this was first Broadcast on T.V., and remembered almost nothing about it. I recently started watching it off Netflix. I have been approaching the series objectively, trying to be not be discriminate and giving the benefit of the doubt. It is my belief that no series will reach the level of sheer brilliance as the original twilight zone, that being said, this series is OK. It has its good and its bad. Here are some of the episodes I've seen so far that I have liked:
1)The Card: This is the scariest episode I've seen so far, involving a shopaholic mom with a very unusual credit card. When she fails to keep up with her bills, the company begins repossessing everything she owns. If this doesn't make you pay your bill on time, nothing will. 2)The Paladin of the lost hour: A man who is responsible for a lost hour left over from the when the pope changed the calendar long ago must find a replacement to pass the watch onto, or time will end. 3) Dealer's Choice: Directed by Wes Craven! A group of friends during a poker game have a DEVIL of a time when a new player joins them one faithful evening. 4)Dead Woman's Shoes: A woman puts on a pair of shoes donated to a thrift store and becomes possessed by their previous owner. 5)The misfortune cookie: A notoriously picky food critic goes to Chinese restaurant and trashes the food before he even eats it. His fortune cookie he receives gives him exactly what he deserves. 6)Act Break: a struggling play producer finds a magic pendant that allows him 2 wished. He wishes to have the greatest playwright in the world. The wish is granted....as he is transported back in the time of William Shakespere. 7)Ye Gods: probably the funniest one on the series, a man encountered Cupid, who tries to make him fall in love, but Cupid can't seem to do his job right because he has had a bad breakup with another Greek God. 8)If she dies: a little girl is put in a coma after a car accident, and her father buys a crib from a church going out of business in hopes that a ghost girl will cure her. As stated, this series tries it hardest, but it doesn't quite cut the mustard of being the definitive follow-up to the twilight zone. But for what it is, it is watchable. If you are interested, give it a shot.
1)The Card: This is the scariest episode I've seen so far, involving a shopaholic mom with a very unusual credit card. When she fails to keep up with her bills, the company begins repossessing everything she owns. If this doesn't make you pay your bill on time, nothing will. 2)The Paladin of the lost hour: A man who is responsible for a lost hour left over from the when the pope changed the calendar long ago must find a replacement to pass the watch onto, or time will end. 3) Dealer's Choice: Directed by Wes Craven! A group of friends during a poker game have a DEVIL of a time when a new player joins them one faithful evening. 4)Dead Woman's Shoes: A woman puts on a pair of shoes donated to a thrift store and becomes possessed by their previous owner. 5)The misfortune cookie: A notoriously picky food critic goes to Chinese restaurant and trashes the food before he even eats it. His fortune cookie he receives gives him exactly what he deserves. 6)Act Break: a struggling play producer finds a magic pendant that allows him 2 wished. He wishes to have the greatest playwright in the world. The wish is granted....as he is transported back in the time of William Shakespere. 7)Ye Gods: probably the funniest one on the series, a man encountered Cupid, who tries to make him fall in love, but Cupid can't seem to do his job right because he has had a bad breakup with another Greek God. 8)If she dies: a little girl is put in a coma after a car accident, and her father buys a crib from a church going out of business in hopes that a ghost girl will cure her. As stated, this series tries it hardest, but it doesn't quite cut the mustard of being the definitive follow-up to the twilight zone. But for what it is, it is watchable. If you are interested, give it a shot.